Joseph PIETTE dit LAFRENIERE

(b. 2 April 1726 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. , )

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Joseph PIETTE dit LAFRENIERE was born 2 April 1726 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Joseph PIETTE dit LAFRENIERE was the child of Antoine PIETTE dit TREMPE and Marie BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PIETTE dit TREMPE and Marguerite CHEMEREAU (CHAUMEREAU) (maternal) Charles BOUCHER and Marguerite-Agnes PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Joseph married Marie-Amable GUILBAULT dite GRANDBOIS 19 January 1758 in Berthierville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Amable GUILBAULT dite GRANDBOIS was born 2 February 1734 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Marie-Amable died 28 August 1807 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Amable was the child of Louis GUILBAULT dit GRANDBOIS and Angelique HUBERT dite PARISIEN.

m. Marie Amable Guilbault dit Grandbois
19 January 1758
Ste-Geneviève de Berthier, Québec

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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